Data Brief: Teens see largest August year-over-year unemployment drop

By September 10, 2013 at 4:22 PM

Recent data form the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the jobless rate was 8.1 percent in August 2012, and was at 7.3 percent in the same month this year. Teenagers, often the group with the highest jobless rate, saw the largest drop in unemployment, with 1.8 percent fewer out of work this August.